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The final Apocalypse, sudden or gradual, would be inevitable in the distant future. But with the major shifts of the Earth‘s tectonic plates, the activity of ‘the ring of fire‘ , rapid global warming and any instability in the Sun‘s nuclear fusion mechanism, planet Earth will face many mini-apocalypses which we are witnessing today and which will continue to occur for the next 1 billion years. After all, we are in the midst of Kali Yuga!
Almost certainly the most important development in mathematics during the Renaissance was the introduction of algebra to the European academic canon. For part of this appropriation process it followed the same path as the base ten place value number system and the Hindu-Arabic numerals, with which it was in the European context intimately intertwined. However,…
>> you're watching booktv on c-span2, 48 hours of books every weekend. well, as 2011 comes to a close, we thought we'd take this opportunity to lock back at the year in publishing, look at the publishing industry as well as some of the best sellers of the past year. sarah is the news editor of publisher's marketplace. start by giving us a little bit of a snapshot of publishing industry in 2011. if you had to write a paragraph or two on what the publishing industry did this year. >> guest: oh, my goodness. where do even begin. i think the best way to look at what happened in the publi...